jointly
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪntli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Together, acting as one; collectively.
Example Sentences
- "They jointly raised the child, even though they were no longer married."
- "Interlaken East station is jointly owned with the standard gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from Bern and Thun and the Swiss Federal Railways metre-gauge Brünig line from Lucerne, but is managed and staffed by the Bernese Oberland group."
- "As a result of that Ministerial, the four Attorneys General – of the United States, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – have jointly pledged to target MS-13."
Etymology
Etymology tree English joint Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English jointly From joint + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪntli/